[Magdalen] Detroit Again.

[Scott Knitter]

It was at 3325 Middlebelt Rd. in West Bloomfield.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> on 14 mile? or on Wattles?
>
> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>
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> From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 3:08 PM
>
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Detroit Again.
>
>  Yes. ..Advent, West Bloomfield, lost gobs of cash in a Ponzi scheme.  They
>> and a small ELCA church use facilities at Sylvan Lake Lutheran.
>> On Apr 20, 2015 2:58 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  was the tiny W Bloomfield church one of 'ours'?  do you remember the
>>> name?
>>>
>>> Lynn, grew up in/around those parts
>>>
>>> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>>>
>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>>
>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>>> not
>>> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
>>> me."
>>> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Joseph Cirou" <romanos at mindspring.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 12:49 PM
>>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Detroit Again.
>>>
>>>  Is St Joseph's Church still open? They had marvellous orchestral Masses
>>>
>>>> with Novus Ordo liturgy (usually in Latin) and they included the music
>>>> of
>>>> Nunez-Garcia an Afro-Brazilian priest who wrote in the style of Haydn.
>>>> He
>>>> was one of those composers who composed music for the 5AM Matins
>>>> services
>>>> favored in tropical climates.
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>
>>>>  From: Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>>>>> Sent: Apr 20, 2015 1:39 PM
>>>>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org, "Cantor03 at aol.com" <cantor03 at aol.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Detroit Again.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's also interesting to google listings of Detroit churches for sale.
>>>>> I
>>>>> wonder if a parish in tony West Bloomfield was able to sell its
>>>>> property
>>>>> or
>>>>> simply lost it...they had a disastrous investment loss.
>>>>> On Apr 20, 2015 12:15 PM, "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <
>>>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The article on rehabilitation of abandoned homes near Downtown Detroit
>>>>>> MI
>>>>>> in the current issue of the USA monthly National Geographic Magazine,
>>>>>> reminded me to surf through some existing lists of abandoned and
>>>>>> recycled
>>>>>> Detroit churches.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The list is long and somewhat appalling because there are so very many
>>>>>> treasures - Detroit being a relatively wealthy city for so many ecades
>>>>>> -
>>>>>> and the buildings are often extraordinarily lovely.  Most have  been
>>>>>> recycled into Baptist churches (probably heavily African-American).
>>>>>>  Never,
>>>>>> I suspect, have such congregations worshipped in such sumptuous
>>>>>> architecture.  The new names dubbed over the more prosaic  classical
>>>>>> Protestant and Roman Catholic names are often quite amusing.   Thank
>>>>>> God they are still used for worship.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Of course the same sort of glut of redundant church buildings, some of
>>>>>> which are the most magnificent in the region, goes on here locally.
>>>>>> The most beautiful Protestant church in Wilkes-Barre, built in an
>>>>>> Anglican
>>>>>> style with stone and exquisite stained glass (The First Baptist
>>>>>> Church,
>>>>>> associated with the Northern high church Baptists) is now occupied
>>>>>> by an evangelical group that ignores the spacious sanctuary and has
>>>>>> a large projection screen in front.  The most gorgeous RCC is
>>>>>> "Sacred Heart Slovak" with a 200 foot copper clad spire and the whole
>>>>>> complex is scheduled for demolition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So many of the local and the Detroit churches would be a treasure
>>>>>> almost anywhere else.  If only we could transport them intact!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sic transit gloria mundi.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David Strang.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>


-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA